The Silly History of Beating People Up

History of Everything

Society & Culture, Education, History

4.8 • 691 Ratings

🗓️ 28 October 2025

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Martial arts history began in prehistoric times, with evidence of combat techniques dating back to at least 3000 BC in Mesopotamia and ancient Egypt. Early forms like Pankration in Greece and Shuai Jiao in China developed thousands of years ago, while other traditions like Malla Yuddha emerged in India around the same time. Over centuries, these ancient practices evolved through cultural exchange and military strategy, influencing the development of modern systems worldwide. Some of these though...are pretty silly Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to an Airwave Media podcast.
0:04.6	Welcome to From Beneath the Hollywood Sign.
0:07.0	If you love old movies, Hollywood history, or the golden age of filmmaking, you've come to the right place.
0:11.9	This is the podcast that talks about amazing stories of Tinseltown from another era and fascinating conversations with writer-producer Steve Kubine and actress writer Nan McNamara.
0:21.2	So Steve, did Ava Gardner
0:22.8	and Howard Hughes have a
0:24.4	good relationship? Well, they did
0:26.5	until he dislocated her jaw.
0:28.3	What? Well, don't worry. She hit him back with an ashtray.
0:30.9	From beneath the Hollywood sign is the
0:32.7	gin joint for you.
1:18.7	The... for you....for you. Hello, everyone's Nakuji here and welcome back to another episode of the History of Everything podcast.
1:23.2	And actually, on that note, welcome back once again, Jeff.
1:24.2	Hello.
1:27.9	So for all of you who may have seen one of the, or seen, listen to one of the previous episodes that we did hear with Jeff when we talked about weird weapons.
1:32.2	Jeff is one of the people that actually went on a previous trip with us here to Turkey.
1:37.3	And I have been trying to bully him and going on some of the other ones.
1:40.5	But unfortunately, he has this thing called a life.
1:44.1	It's bullshit and I hate it.
1:47.0	But on that note, you can probably already see from the title of what it is that we're
1:50.6	going to be talking about here today.
1:52.3	We're actually doing something that Jeff is very familiar with.
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